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1. COM/320
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
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COM 320 Week 1 Journal Worksheet
Instructions
Resources: University of Phoenix Material: Week One Journal and Test Yourself: What
Do You Believe About Interpersonal Communication? in Ch. 1 of the text.
Complete this week’s Journal activity.
Week One Journal
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry identifying the elements of interpersonal
communication and how each element relates to your life. Begin by reviewing Test Yourself:
What Do You Believe About Interpersonal Communication? in Ch. 1 of the text. Answer the
following questions:
 Why is each statement most often false? Provide examples from your personal life.
 Why is it important to study interpersonal communication?
 Identify areas of your life you hope to improve by taking this class.
 Locate a picture to represent each element of interpersonal communication.
 Write details around the picture describing these elements. You may use personal
pictures from your life or conduct a search. Cite your sources.

2. COM 320 Week 1 Fundamentals of Interpersonal
Communication Worksheet
Instructions
Complete the Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication worksheet.
Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
Part 1: Elements and Stages
Complete the two tables. You may expand the cells as needed. Examples have been provided
for your reference. Follow these instructions:
 Think of a conversation you had with another person this week. You might want to
write down the dialogue to provide a sense of the conversation.
 List the eight elements of interpersonal communication in column one.
 Identify examples of the elements of interpersonal communication in column two. Use
examples from your conversation.
Elements of
Interpersonal
Communication
Provide an Example
Source-Receiver Source – My daughter
Receiver – Me
The source-receiver roles alternated, back and forth, as the conversation
continued when I discussed shopping for holiday gifts with my daughter.
 List the five stages of perception in interpersonal communication in column one.
 Determine when the stages of perception in interpersonal communication occurred in
your conversation in column two.
Stages of
Perception
Provide an Example
Stimulation I heard my telephone ring. When I answered, I heard my daughter’s voice.

3. Part 2: Principles
Complete the following.
 List the principles of Interpersonal Communication.
Insert text here.
 Provide examples from your conversation that supports two principles you identified.
Insert text here.
COM 320 Week 1 Learning Team Charter
Instructions
Collaborate with your learning team to construct a learning team charter. Please
reference the post with a learning team charter example
COM 320 Week 2 Journal or Quiz
Instructions
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Week Two Journal
Complete this week’s Journal activity.
or
Take notes in class during our session
Complete a quiz a during the last 30 minutes.
Week Two Journal
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry identifying the styles of effective listening and how this
relates to you. Answer the following questions:
 In what ways does your culture influence your self-concept?
 How much does your gender, age, race, or other attribute influence this appraisal?
 Spend one day focusing on your listening behavior. Log each listening situation you
encounter during the day.
 Which listening barriers did you experience during your day of listening?
 Which styles did you use? Explain the styles you used in each situation.

4.  What are your strengths and weaknesses as a listener?
 Did you notice how other people listened to you?
 What steps might you take to become a better listener?
COM 320 Week 2 Self-Assessment and Response
Instructions
Resources: Your Learning Team's test results
Prepare a presentation using your learning team results from te Test Yourself inventories
in Chapter 2 and 4 that consists of the following:
 List how gender and culture may have influenced the results.
 Identify each member’s effective listening style.
 Consider how your response would be viewed from a different culture or gender.
 Compare your responses with those of your teammates.
 Include how this knowledge will help you to better work with your team and
communicate more effectively.
Format your response consistent with APA guidelines.
COM 320 Week 3 Journal
Instructions
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Week Three Journal
Complete this week’s Journal activity.
or
Take notes in class during our session
Complete a quiz a during the last 30 minutes.
Week Three Journal
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry on the channels of nonverbal communication and how
this relates to you. Answer the following questions:
 Identify the channels of nonverbal communication.
 What message do you want nonverbal communication to convey about you?
 What ways might you improve your nonverbal communication on the job? With a
significant other? With your friends?

5. COM 320 Week 3 Creating Effective Messages
Instructions
Watch a television sitcom either from network broadcast, the Internet, or home video
media.
Describe the storyline of the episode and the key characters.
Analyze one of the conversations by describing the subject, participants, and answer the
question, “What elements and principles of conversation did you observe?”
Select two verbal messages that you think were not effective.
Explain how the messages did not align with the guidelines for using verbal messages
effectively.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word analysis conveying a more effective verbal message.
Format your analysis consistent with APA guidelines.
COM 320 Week 4 Journal
Instructions
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Week Four Journal
Complete this week’s Journal activity located.
or
Take notes in class during our session
Complete a quiz a during the last 30 minutes.
Week Four Journal
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry regarding interpersonal relationships and how they
relate to you. Answer the following questions:
 What might you do to improve or maintain important relationships in your life? In the
workplace? With your family? With a friend or a significant other?
 Describe each relationship, the stage of the relationship, a relationship theory that applies
to the relationship, and what you can do to improve the relationship.

6. COM 320 Week 4 Observation Paper
Instructions
Visit a restaurant, movie theater, park, shopping mall, or other public venue.
Observe individual verbal and nonverbal behaviors in one of these settings for at least
one hour.
Record copious notes on the verbal and nonverbal behaviors you observe, and assess
the meaning behind them.
Write a 700- to 1,100-word paper describing your observations.
Describe the location, time, and day, and preview the remainder of the paper in the
introduction.
Address the following questions in the body of your paper:
 Analyze the ways the individuals used space to communicate. Did they violate
other’s personal space, or maintain an unusual distance from people with whom
they communicated?
 What did clothing, jewelry, and material possessions reveal about the individuals?
 What did the individuals’ appearances reveal about the formality or context of the
situation?
 Was the verbal and nonverbal communication congruent?
 How did other nonverbal behaviors affect your perceptions of each individual?
Address the following question in the conclusion:
 What is the most valuable lesson learned from this observation?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
COM 320 Week 5 Journal
Instructions
Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Week Five Journal
Complete this week’s Journal activity.
or
Take notes in class during our session

7. Complete a quiz a during the last 30 minutes.
Week Five Journal
Write a 700- to 1,050-word journal entry regarding the elements of power and influence and
how this relates to you. Answer the following questions:
 How have you witnessed the stages of conflict in one of your relationships?
 How have you experienced verbal aggressiveness? Have you experienced physical
aggressiveness? What happened?
 How do you show and use verbal and nonverbal power? Be as specific as possible, and
provide examples that support your assertions.
 How might you increase your personal power?
 How might you empower your family members, co-workers, and friends?
 What have you learned about yourself and your relationships from these journal entries?
COM 320 Week 5 Conflict, Power, and Influence in
Interpersonal Communication Presentation
Instructions
Create a presentation for the class on identifying and managing conflict. The presentation
can be based on a situation from real life, a movie, a book, or the team’s own creative
ideas.
 Include a depiction of the conflict.
 Include elements of power and influence.
 Emphasize the strategies used to manage the conflict.
 Be creative in the design of your presentation. Utilize pictures, drawings, graphs,
or charts where appropriate.
 Identify the principles of Interpersonal conflict that were depicted.
 Discuss how power and influence were displayed in the presentation.
 Summarize the conflict management strategies that were used and why.
Prepare your presentation using any of the following media:
 Microsoft® PowerPoint®

8.  Video
 Adobe® Flash®
 Podcast
 Visual depiction utilizing cardboard, construction paper, corkboard, or any other
material
Note: Upload video or podcasts to a host site, such as YouTube or PodBean, and submit
the link. Also, if you decide to utilize Powerpoint, know that there is no specificslide count,
however, students typically put forth great detail and effort as this is the last
assignment/project for the course.